Railway tie



March 13, 1928. 1,662,402

R. w. SCHULTZ RAILWAY TIE Filed May 25. 1927 JZZZMWJ/ZJMZZ gwomtoz Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

UNITED} STATES,

RAILWAYirIE;

Application filed May-25,

This invention relates to a railway tie and 'to means for fastening rails thereto, one of the objectsbeing to. provide a tie of re inforced concrete having resilient cushioning blocks which can 'be readily assembled with and disconnected from the tie without removing the rail supported by the tie.

A further object is to provide improved means for attaching 'a rail to the tie so that it will be held securely without the use of bolts extending through the rail.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction herein described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, I

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in sectionof one end portion of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the rail in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan View of said end portion of the tie.

Figure 3 is a section on line. 3-3, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates parallel I-beams spaced apart and engaged, adjacent each end, by transverse plates 2 extending under the beams as shown particularly in Figures 1 and These beams and plates are embedded within the concrete body 3 of the tie, said body being molded with an elongated recess 1 in the top face thereof extending throughout the width of the tie and provided with upwardly diverging end walls 5. One recess is provided adjacent each end of the tie and each recess is of suiiicient length to receive a cushion used with each rail. Each cushion is formed preferably of two blocks of wood extending throughout the length of the recess or seat 4, these blocks when assembled side by side extending throughout the width of the tie. The cushioning blocks have been indicated at 6 and are adapted to be held together by transverse bolts 7 engaging face strips 8 provided along the outer sides of the blocks as shown.

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Bolts. 9 are extendedupwardly within the tie through the plates 2 and between the I beams 1,. the upper portions of these bolts extending between the meeting edges of the blocksfib a I The rail fastening :means includesxa chair 10 on which the rail R isladiaptdtorest,

this chair being provided with a transverse recess 11 in which the base portion of the rail is placed after which said rail is adapted to be shifted laterally so that one of its base flanges F will extend into grooves 12 provided therefor in one side wall of the recess 11. These grooves are separated by a .V-shaped partition 13 indicated particularly in Figure 2 and which projects into a V-shaped recess 14 provided in the base flange. F. Thus when this base flange is seated in proper engagement with the side H wall of the recess 11 said flange and the rail R will be held against longitudinal move ment relative to the chair while at the same time the rail cannot be lifted unless withdrawn from engagement with the overhanging wall of the recess 11. 1

The other wall of the recess 11 is undercut as shown at 15 for the purpose of receiving a flange 16 extending laterally from a wedging plate 17. This wedging plate is shaped to extend over the adjacent base flange F of the rail and as the flange 16 fits snugly in engagement with the undercut wall 15 it will be apparent that the wedging plate will serve to firmly hold the flange F in position on the chair. A series of apertures 18 is provided in one end portion of the wedging plate 17 and any one of these apertures is adapted to receive a locking pin 19 which,

when lapping the side of the tie, will hold the wedging plate against withdrawal from the chair. 2 V

The bolts 9 are extended through the end portions of the chair 10, as shown and, therefore, when these bolts are properly tightened the cushioning block and the chair will be drawn tightly together and held firmly to the tie. Should itbe desired to replace the cushioning block, it would not be necessary to unfasten the rail. All that would be required would be the removal of the. bolt 7, the loosening of the bolt 9 and the lateral withdrawal of either or both of the blocks 6. Other blocks can then be substituted therefor and the parts tightened whereupon use of the structure can continue as before.

It will be noted that the recess at extends downwardly to the beams 1 so that when the blocks 6 are seated in the recess they will rest upon the I-beams.

hat is claimed is:

1. The combination with a reinforced concrete tie including spaced beams therein and bolts extending outwardly between the beams, there being a recess in the top of the tie through which the bolts extend, of cushioning blocks removably mounted in the recess and insertible laterally thereinto against the bolts and against each other, means extending transversely through the blocks for tying them together, and rail engaging and fastening means mounted on the blocks engaged by the bolts.

2. The combination with a reinforced concrete tie having spaced beams embedded therein and fastening bolts extending upwardly between the beams, there being a recess in the upper surface of the tie extending down to the beams, of cushioning blocks insert-ible laterally into the recess and against the bolts, means for tying the blocks together, a rail chair seated on the cushioning blocks, means for fastening a rail thereto, said bolts engaging the chair and constituting means for binding the chair to the blocks and the blocks to the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

RICHARD W. SCHULTZ. 

